Day History: June-11

Events History

1184 BC-Trojan War-Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.

323 BC-Alexander the Great-dies in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon

173-Marcomannic Wars-The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".

631-Emperor Taizong of Tang-the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Zhonghua minzu|Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.

786-A Hasanid-Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris I of Morocco|Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty.

1345-The ''megas doux-' Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.

1594-Philip II of Spain|Philip II-recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).

1770-British explorer Captain James Cook-runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.

1775-The American Revolutionary War-s first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.

1776-The Continental Congress-appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)|Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a United States Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence.

1865-The Naval Battle of Riachuelo-is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Treaty of the Triple Alliance|Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.

1892-The Limelight Department-one of the world's first Movie studio|film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.

1898-The Hundred Days' Reform-is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.

1903-A group of Serbian officers May Coup (Serbia)|stormed royal palace and assassinated-King Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga Obrenović|Draga.

1907-George Dennett-aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.

1917-King Alexander of Greece|Alexander-assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I abdicates under pressure by Triple Entente|allied armies occupying Athens.

1919-Sir Barton-wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown.

1920-During the 1920 Republican National Convention|U.S. Republican National Convention-in Chicago, Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the United States presidential election, 1920|U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".

1935-Inventor Edwin Armstrong-gives the first public demonstration of Frequency modulation|FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.

1942-World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease-aid to the Soviet Union.

1944-{{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}, the last battleship-built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is ship commissioning|commissioned.

1955-Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey-and a Mercedes-Benz 1955 Le Mans disaster|collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.

1956-Start of Gal Oya riots-the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.

1962-Frank Morris (prisoner)|Frank Morris-John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to June 1962 Alcatraz escape|escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.

1963-African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)|American Civil Rights Movement-Alabama List of Governors of Alabama|Governor George Wallace Stand in the Schoolhouse Door|stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard of the United States|National Guard troops, they are able to register.

1963-Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức-Self-immolation|burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.

1963-John F. Kennedy-addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would revolutionize American society. Proposing equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.

1964-World War II veteran Walter Seifert-runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.

1970-After being appointed on May 15-Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as United States Army|U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.

1971-The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American-Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.

1978-Altaf Hussain-founds the students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.

2008-Canadian Prime Minister-Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a Canadian residential school system|residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.